GE Aerospace was awarded a subcontract as part of a team led by Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, to design, develop and deliver avionics systems for the United States Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program. This award follows Bell’s announcement of the U.S. Army’s approval of Milestone B, marking the next phase of Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD).
The Digital Backbone will allow customers to make changes to the weapon system without going to the systems integrator, which optimizes the cost and speed of change. The Digital Backbone incorporates Time-Sensitive Networking to provide a reliable, high speed, data “highway” to meet current and future needs for moving data through the aircraft. In addition to the Digital Backbone announced in 2023, GE Aerospace also supplies the Health Awareness System for FLRAA. GE Aerospace’s Health Awareness System builds on decades of commercial and military operation and has saved operators millions of dollars and increased mission readiness with predictive maintenance.